يُزَيِّنُadorns الشِّعرَpoetry أَفواهٌmouths إِذاwhen نَطَقَتthey speak
يُزَيِّنُ الشِّعرَ أَفواهٌ إِذا نَطَقَت
بِهِwith it كَماas زِينَتِwas adorned الحَسناءُthe beautiful woman بِالدُّرَرِwith pearls
بِهِ كَما زِينَتِ الحَسناءُ بِالدُّرَرِ
Mouths adorn poetry when they utter
Poetry adorns the mouths when uttered
it, as a beautiful woman is adorned with pearls.
As a beautiful woman adorned with pearls,
وَقَدand sometimes يُفَتِّحُهُmakes it blossom إيرادُdelivery مُنشِدِهِits reciter
وَقَد يُفَتِّحُهُ إيرادُ مُنشِدِهِ
كَماas تَفَتَّحَblossomed وَردُthe rose الخَدِّof the cheek بِالشَعَرِwith hair
كَما تَفَتَّحَ وَردُ الخَدِّ بِالشَعَرِ
And sometimes its reciter’s delivery makes it blossom,
And its recitation may reveal it
as the cheek’s rose blossoms with hair.
As a rose's petals reveal poetry
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.